Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] year i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well considering nothing 's been done for fifty year I suppose really |
| 2 | For eight years I had revelled in the dual careers of journalism and broadcasting , between 1929 and 1937 , and these years coincided with the ‘ boom to bust ’ period , winding up with the deepest depression of the century . |
| 3 | For eight years I was a county councillor having won a seat from the Conservative Party . |
| 4 | I do very much appreciate this invitation although , for another year I 'm afraid , I must tender my apologies . |
| 5 | ‘ For 30 years I always painted on the spot , even in deep snow . |
| 6 | For forty-five years I was something I was n't . |
| 7 | For some years I had had a similar experience in the teaching of literature , amazed to see colleagues attempting to hound students , in the context of a two- or three-year course , through complex texts in a single session : today we read King Lear , tomorrow we discuss it , and next day you write your essays on it . |
| 8 | For some years I have been thinking of buying a word processor but have not yet taken the plunge . |
| 9 | Having admired his free verse for some years I had recently ploughed through his somewhat monumental work , the first two volumes of ‘ Abraham Lincoln — The Prairie Years ’ and enjoyed it . |
| 10 | I did not aim at making my style ‘ Italian Gothic ’ my ideas ran much more upon the French to which for some years I had devoted my chief study . |
| 11 | In fact , for some years I had my own dog , first Bess and then Judith , and she was my responsibility to feed , groom and exercise . |
| 12 | For some years I tended to assume that the computers would merely give us a better documented description of the language , but I do not think that that position remains tenable . |
| 13 | For some years I have been running what is the largest programme in the world for the direct teaching of thinking as a curriculum subject in schools . |
| 14 | For some years I have been campaigning to open up the unofficial footpath along the north edge of the field bordering Baberton golf course , which links Muirwood Road to Bloomiehall Park . |
| 15 | So for this year I made the computerisation funds part of the wider fund available to FHSAs to support not merely computerisation but the extension of ancillary staff in general practice and the development of new accommodation facilities for primary health care . |
| 16 | ‘ I have just been elected chairman again for this year I am very much involved with the society so it just makes sense really . ’ |
| 17 | After 32 years I continue to enjoy my Medau by doing three classes a week — with Myrtle Mott at Plumstead , with Elsie Streek at Alderwood School and with Bridget at Sidcup and I must say that this form of movement has given me a great deal of pleasure so LONG LIVE MEDAU . |
| 18 | After 79 years I 've yet to meet anyone genuinely pleased at this interference with natural time . |
| 19 | And , on meeting up with the Apache after 30 years I like it now . |
| 20 | I I was very keen er when I had my daughter erm I was quite happy about it and I I I used them , then after three years I did n't use them . |
| 21 | After ten years I ‘ updated ’ to have weaving and a one-action lace carriage . |
| 22 | I was lucky to move on from Manchester City Art Galleries where after seventeen years I ended up as Senior Keeper of Fine Art . |
| 23 | After several years I finished my punishment , and so I was allowed to work for myself . |
| 24 | So after four years I thought I 'd survived . |
| 25 | After eighteen years I was feeling everything was against me . |
| 26 | And of course , after New Year I shall be commuting up to London every day . ’ |
| 27 | After two years I won an Intermediate County Scholarship which brought fifteen pounds a year in addition to free education . |
| 28 | He very quickly became an invaluable member of the organisation and after two years I made him manager . |
| 29 | After two years I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was better than anything in the university . |
| 30 | Returning after thirty years I saw the country with a fresh eye . |